Word: fate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would have had no case. Not even blatant quid pro quo harassment was illegal; many judges simply deemed such matters "personal." When they were allowed to bring lawsuits, plaintiffs--nearly all women at the time, and still nearly 90% women today--had no right to jury trials, leaving their fate up to a mostly male stable of judges...
...ambivalence? Without a doubt, randomization has a lot to do with it. Since our fate is determined by some complex computer algorithm, it doesn't really matter where we want to live anyway. Why should we place undue stress in unnecessary places? That's what blocking...
...ferocious block by Karlin on the other end sealed the Hawaiians' grim fate...
...before Starr and Ginsburg can get even that far, they must either make some peace or declare war. This is why they spent hours in front of a judge on Thursday trying to resolve the fate of an earlier immunity deal--and got nowhere. Ginsburg wants a full immunity blanket to protect his client from prosecution. Starr is playing very tough: far from being squeamish about prosecuting a 24-year-old, he may have to go to a criminal trial to get her to come clean...
...there is more than coincidence to the charges of sexual recklessness that have dogged Clinton; it could be something like fate. Says Klein: "Personally, I have no information at all about Bill Clinton's sex life. But leadership is a complicated business, and leaders are complicated people. Often they've been overendowed with all kinds of emotional qualities--not only libidinous ones but also violent ones. And historically, having an interesting sex life is a leading indicator of success in the presidency...